This page explains the privacy choices available to residents of US states with consumer privacy laws, and how to use them. It sits alongside the Privacy Policy, which covers everything else.
Status as of 25 August 2026: this site is new and is not yet running advertising or analytics. No advertising cookie, no analytics cookie and no third-party script is loaded on any page today. The only cookies set are the strictly necessary WordPress ones, plus the name and email cookie you can opt into when you leave a comment. Everything below describes what will happen once display advertising is switched on, and this page is updated on the day that changes.
The short version
You can stop this site from using your browsing activity to personalize ads. Use the Manage cookie settings control in the footer of any page. If your browser already sends a Global Privacy Control signal, it is handled for you.
What “sale” and “sharing” mean here
Both terms are broader than they sound. Under California’s CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, a “sale” is disclosing personal information for anything of value, not only for money. “Sharing” is disclosing it for cross-context behavioral advertising, which is the industry term for ads chosen using your activity across other sites.
This site is funded by display advertising served through Google. Serving those ads can pass identifiers such as cookie IDs, device details and approximate location to advertising partners. Nobody pays us for your data and we do not sell mailing lists. Under these laws, that activity can still count as sharing. So we treat it as sharing and give you the opt-out rather than argue the point.
Other states call the same thing “targeted advertising.” The opt-out below covers all of them.
How to opt out
The footer control
Select “Your Privacy Choices” at the bottom of any page. That turns on Google’s restricted data processing for your visit. Ads still appear; they become non-personalized, chosen from the content of the page and coarse location rather than your past behavior. The setting is stored in your browser, so set it again on each browser and device you use, and after you clear cookies.
Global Privacy Control
We honor it automatically. GPC is a signal your browser or a browser extension sends on your behalf, and a growing number of states require businesses to treat it as a valid opt-out request. If your browser sends GPC, you do not need to click anything here.
Google’s own controls
My Ad Center lets you turn off personalized ads across Google and its partner sites, and see why a particular ad was shown to you. On the publisher side, Google’s “Review your ad partners” control limits which third-party partners may serve ads to visitors in applicable US states.
Rights in states with comprehensive privacy laws
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Know what categories of personal information we collect and who receives them.
- Get a copy of that information in a portable format.
- Correct information that is wrong.
- Delete it, subject to legal exceptions such as security logs and tax records.
- Opt out of sale, sharing or targeted advertising, and of profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
- Limit the use of sensitive personal information. We do not ask readers for any.
- Appeal a decision you disagree with.
Which of these apply depends on your state’s law. To use one, email privacy@avagardentips.com with the state you live in and the right you want.
How we verify a request
We ask for the least that will do. Readers do not have accounts here, so verification usually means replying from the email address on the record in question, plus one or two details that match it. If we cannot verify you, we will say so and explain why, rather than hand someone else’s data over or delete it. Opt-out requests do not require verification.
Authorized agents
Someone else can act for you. Send written permission signed by you, or a valid power of attorney, to privacy@avagardentips.com. We may still contact you directly to confirm the agent speaks for you.
How long we take, and how to appeal
We answer within 45 days of receiving a verifiable request. Where a request is complex, we may extend that once by a further 45 days, and we will tell you before we do, with the reason. Opt-outs are faster: the footer control takes effect at once, and an opt-out you send by email is actioned within 15 business days.
If we decline, you can appeal by replying to our decision with “appeal” in the subject line. We will review it and answer in writing. If we still decline, we will tell you how to submit a complaint to your state attorney general or privacy regulator.
No penalty for using a right
Using any of these rights costs you nothing. Opting out does not lock content, degrade the site, add fees or change what you are shown, apart from the ads becoming non-personalized.
This site is published by Ava’s Garden Tips. Privacy requests: privacy@avagardentips.com. Anything else: contact us or email hello@avagardentips.com. Last updated 25 August 2026.